The US has been trying to reign in China’s thefts of intellectual property and other bad behavior by putting tech sanctions on them. The next president wants to increase sanctions on China. Will it work? Huawei, China’s leading phone maker was seriously impacted over the last 2-3 years over the restriction of US made chips. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Biden May Use China Rule on Russia if it Invades Ukraine This COULD be a bluff, but the administration may use the foreign direct product rule on Russia, like they did on Huawei, if Russia invades Ukraine. Depending on how it is used, it could have crushing implications on anything in Russia that uses microchips. […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]Follow on to Google+ Breach and Notification I recently reported about Google getting in trouble for hiding a breach discovered in March. The first thing to point out is that it is unlikely that Google broke any laws. The current breach notifications laws in the U.S. give a company the wiggle room not to disclose […]
Continue reading → [DISPLAY_ACURAX_ICONS]President Trump is considering signing an executive order asserting a national security emergency using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). While every president since Jimmy Carter has used the IEEPA to impose sanctions on governments that we don’t like, no president has ever used it to tell private companies who they should buy parts […]
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